HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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(B) the Committee on Foreign Relations and

the Committee on Appropriations of the Senate.

(2) UNITED STATES ASSISTANCE.—The term

‘‘United States assistance’’ means any form of

grant, loan, loan guarantee, credit, insurance,

in kind assistance, or any other form of assistance.

TRANSITION PROVISION

SEC. 605. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 583(a) of

the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal

Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236) is

amended by striking ‘‘November 1, 1995’’ and insert ‘‘January 1, 1996’’.

(b) CONSULTATION.—For purposes of any exercise of the authority provided in section 583(a)

of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1994 and 1995 (Public Law 103–236)

prior to November 15, 1995, the written policy

justification dated June 1, 1995, and submitted

to the Congress in accordance with section

583(b)(1) of such Act, and the consultations associated with such policy justification, shall be

deemed to satisfy the requirements of section

583(b)(1) of such Act.

REPORTING REQUIREMENT

SEC. 606. Section 804(b) of the PLO Commitments Compliance Act of 1989 (title VIII of Public Law 101–246) is amended—

(1) in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by

striking ‘‘section (3)(b)(1) of the Middle East

Peace Facilitation Act of 1994’’ and inserting

‘‘section 604(b)(1) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995’’; and

(2) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘section

(4)(a) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act

of 1994 (Oslo commitments)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 604(b)(4) of the Middle East Peace Facilitation Act of 1995’’.

And the Senate agreed to the same.

The committee of conference report in disagreement amendment numbered 115.

SONNY CALLAHAN,

JOHN EDWARD PORTER,

BOB LIVINGSTON,

JIM LIGHTFOOT,

FRANK R. WOLF,

RON PACKARD,

JOE KNOLLENBERG,

MICHAEL FORBES,

JIM BUNN,

CHARLES WILSON,

SIDNEY R. YATES,

NANCY PELOSI,

ESTEBAN E. TORRES,

DAVID OBEY.

Managers on the part of the House.

MITCH MCCONNELL,

ARLEN SPECTER,

CONNIE MACK,

JAMES M. JEFFORDS,

JUDD GREGG,

RICHARD SHELBY,

ROBERT F. BENNETT,

MARK O. HATFIELD,

PATRICK LEAHY,

DANIEL K. INOUYE,

FRANK R. LAUTENBERG,

TOM HARKIN,

BARBARA A. MIKULSKI,

PATTY MURRAY,

ROBERT C. BYRD.

Managers on the part of the Senate.

When said conference report was considered.

After debate,

On motion of Mr. CALLAHAN, the

previous question was ordered on the

conference report to its adoption or rejection.

Mr. OBEY moved to recommit the

conference report on H.R. 1868 to the

committee of conference with instructions to the managers on the part of

the House to:

Recede from its disagreement to the

amendment of the Senate numbered 150, and

concur therein with an amendment, as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed by said

amendment, insert: : Provided, That none of

the funds made available under this Act may

be used to lobby for or against abortion.

SEC. 518A. COERCIVE POPULATION CONTROL

METHODS.—Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act or other law, none of the

funds appropriated by this Act may be made

available for the United Nations Population

Fund (UNFPA), unless the President certifies to the appropriate congressional committees that (1) the United Nations Population Fund will terminate all family planning activities in the People’s Republic of

China no later than May 1, 1996; or (2) during

the 12 months preceding such certification,

there have been no abortions as the result of

coercion associated with the family planning

activities of the national government or

other governmental entities within the People’s Republic of China. As used in this section the term ‘‘coercion’’ includes physical

duress or abuse, destruction or confiscation

of property, loss of means of livelihood, or

severe psychological pressure.

By unanimous consent, the previous

question was ordered on the motion to

instruct the managers on the part of

the House.

The question being put, viva voce,

Will the House agree to said motion?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

COMBEST, announced that the nays

had it.

Mr. OBEY objected to the vote on the

ground that a quorum was not present

and not voting.

A quorum not being present,

The roll was called under clause 4,

rule XV, and the call was taken by

electronic device.

When there appeared Yeas ....... 179 ! Nays ...... 245

T137.20 [Roll No. 751]

YEAS—179

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Andrews

Baldacci

Barrett (WI)

Becerra

Beilenson

Bentsen

Berman

Bishop

Boehlert

Boucher

Brown (CA)

Brown (FL)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Cardin

Castle

Chapman

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clyburn

Collins (IL)

Collins (MI)

Condit

Conyers

Coyne

Cramer

Danner

Davis

DeFazio

DeLauro

Dellums

Deutsch

Dicks

Dingell

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehrlich

Engel

Eshoo

Evans

Farr

Fattah

Fazio

Filner

Flake

Foglietta

Foley

Ford

Fowler

Frank (MA)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frost

Furse

Gejdenson

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gilman

Gonzalez

Green

Greenwood

Gutierrez

Harman

Hastings (FL)

Hefner

Hilliard

Hinchey

Horn

Hoyer

Jackson-Lee

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnston

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kleczka

Klug

Kolbe

Lantos

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (GA)

Lincoln

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Markey

Martinez

Martini

Matsui

McCarthy

McDermott

McKinney

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Meyers

Mfume

Miller (CA)

Minge

Mink

Moran

Morella

Nadler

Obey

Olver

Owens

Pallone

Pastor

Payne (NJ)

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Pickett

Pomeroy

Porter

Pryce

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Richardson

Rivers

Rose

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Sanders

Sawyer

Schiff

Schroeder

Schumer

Scott

Serrano

Shays

Sisisky

Skaggs

Slaughter

Stark

Stokes

Studds

Thomas

Thompson

Thornton

Thurman

Torkildsen

Torres

Torricelli

Towns

Traficant

Velazquez

Vento

Visclosky

Ward

Waters

Watt (NC)

Waxman

Wilson

Wise

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Zimmer

NAYS—245

Allard

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (NE)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Bereuter

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bliley

Blute

Boehner

Bonilla

Bonior

Bono

Borski

Brewster

Browder

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Bunning

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Chabot

Chambliss

Chenoweth

Christensen

Chrysler

Clinger

Coble

Coburn

Collins (GA)

Combest

Cooley

Costello

Cox

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

de la Garza

Deal

DeLay

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Doolittle

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Duncan

Ehlers

Emerson

English

Ensign

Everett

Ewing

Fawell

Fields (TX)

Flanagan

Forbes

Fox

Franks (CT)

Frisa

Funderburk

Gallegly

Ganske

Gekas

Geren

Gillmor

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Gunderson

Gutknecht

Hall (OH)

Hall (TX)

Hamilton

Hancock

Hansen

Hastert

Hastings (WA)

Hayes

Hayworth

Hefley

Heineman

Herger

Hilleary

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Hostettler

Houghton

Hunter

Hutchinson

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jacobs

Johnson, Sam

Jones

Kanjorski

Kaptur

Kasich

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Klink

Knollenberg

LaFalce

LaHood

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lucas

Manzullo

Mascara

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McNulty

Metcalf

Mica

Miller (FL)

Molinari

Mollohan

Montgomery

Moorhead

Murtha

Myers

Myrick

Neal

Nethercutt

Neumann

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Parker

Paxon

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pombo

Portman

Poshard

Quillen

Quinn

Radanovich

Rahall

Regula

Riggs

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Roth

Royce

Salmon

Sanford

Saxton

Scarborough

Schaefer

Seastrand

Sensenbrenner

Shadegg

Shaw

Shuster

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stearns

Stenholm

Stockman

Stump

Stupak

Talent

Tanner

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (MS)

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thornberry

Tiahrt

Upton

Volkmer

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Watts (OK)

Weldon (FL)

Weller

White
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T137.21 OCTOBER 31

Whitfield

Wicker

Wolf

Young (AK)

Young (FL)

Zeliff

NOT VOTING—8

Coleman

Fields (LA)

Gephardt

Moakley

Ros-Lehtinen

Tucker

Weldon (PA)

Williams

So the motion to recommit with instructs House was not agreed to.

A motion to reconsider the vote

whereby the motion to recommit with

instructions was not agreed to was, by

unanimous consent, laid on the table.

The question being put,

Will the House agree to said conference report?

The SPEAKER pro tempore, Mr.

COMBEST, announced that pursuant

to clause 7 of rule XV the yeas and

nays were ordered, and the call was

taken by electronic device.

It was decided in the Yeas ....... 351 ! affirmative ................... Nays ...... 71

T137.21 [Roll No. 752]

YEAS—351

Abercrombie

Ackerman

Allard

Andrews

Archer

Armey

Bachus

Baesler

Baker (CA)

Baker (LA)

Baldacci

Ballenger

Barcia

Barr

Barrett (WI)

Bartlett

Barton

Bass

Bateman

Beilenson

Bentsen

Bereuter

Berman

Bevill

Bilbray

Bilirakis

Bishop

Bliley

Blute

Boehlert

Boehner

Bonilla

Bonior

Bono

Borski

Boucher

Brewster

Browder

Brown (FL)

Brownback

Bryant (TN)

Bunn

Burr

Burton

Buyer

Callahan

Calvert

Camp

Canady

Cardin

Castle

Chabot

Chambliss

Chapman

Christensen

Chrysler

Clay

Clayton

Clement

Clinger

Coble

Collins (GA)

Collins (IL)

Combest

Costello

Cox

Coyne

Cramer

Crane

Crapo

Cremeans

Cubin

Cunningham

Davis

de la Garza

Deal

DeLauro

DeLay

Deutsch

Diaz-Balart

Dickey

Dicks

Dixon

Doggett

Dooley

Dornan

Doyle

Dreier

Dunn

Durbin

Edwards

Ehlers

Ehrlich

Emerson

Engel

English

Ensign

Eshoo

Evans

Ewing

Farr

Fattah

Fawell

Fazio

Fields (TX)

Filner

Flake

Flanagan

Foglietta

Foley

Forbes

Ford

Fowler

Fox

Frank (MA)

Franks (CT)

Franks (NJ)

Frelinghuysen

Frisa

Frost

Funderburk

Furse

Gallegly

Ganske

Gejdenson

Gekas

Geren

Gibbons

Gilchrest

Gillmor

Gilman

Gonzalez

Goodlatte

Goodling

Gordon

Goss

Graham

Green

Greenwood

Gunderson

Gutierrez

Gutknecht

Hall (OH)

Hamilton

Hansen

Harman

Hastert

Hastings (FL)

Hastings (WA)

Hayworth

Heineman

Hilleary

Hinchey

Hobson

Hoekstra

Hoke

Holden

Horn

Hostettler

Hoyer

Hunter

Hyde

Inglis

Istook

Jackson-Lee

Jefferson

Johnson (CT)

Johnson (SD)

Johnson, E. B.

Johnson, Sam

Johnston

Kanjorski

Kasich

Kelly

Kennedy (MA)

Kennedy (RI)

Kennelly

Kildee

Kim

King

Kingston

Kleczka

Klink

Klug

Knollenberg

Kolbe

LaFalce

LaHood

Lantos

Largent

Latham

LaTourette

Laughlin

Lazio

Leach

Levin

Lewis (CA)

Lewis (GA)

Lewis (KY)

Lightfoot

Linder

Lipinski

Livingston

LoBiondo

Lofgren

Longley

Lowey

Luther

Maloney

Manton

Manzullo

Markey

Martini

Mascara

Matsui

McCarthy

McCollum

McCrery

McDade

McDermott

McHale

McHugh

McInnis

McIntosh

McKeon

McKinney

McNulty

Meehan

Meek

Menendez

Metcalf

Meyers

Mfume

Mica

Miller (FL)

Mink

Molinari

Moorhead

Moran

Morella

Murtha

Myrick

Nadler

Neal

Nethercutt

Ney

Norwood

Nussle

Oberstar

Obey

Olver

Ortiz

Orton

Oxley

Packard

Pallone

Parker

Pastor

Paxon

Payne (VA)

Pelosi

Peterson (FL)

Peterson (MN)

Petri

Pickett

Pomeroy

Porter

Portman

Poshard

Pryce

Quinn

Radanovich

Ramstad

Rangel

Reed

Regula

Richardson

Riggs

Rivers

Rose

Roukema

Roybal-Allard

Rush

Sabo

Salmon

Sanford

Sawyer

Schiff

Schumer

Scott

Seastrand

Serrano

Shadegg

Shaw

Shays

Sisisky

Skaggs

Skeen

Skelton

Smith (MI)

Smith (NJ)

Smith (TX)

Smith (WA)

Solomon

Souder

Spence

Spratt

Stenholm

Stokes

Studds

Stupak

Talent

Tate

Tauzin

Taylor (NC)

Tejeda

Thomas

Thornberry

Thurman

Tiahrt

Torkildsen

Torricelli

Towns

Upton

Vento

Visclosky

Vucanovich

Waldholtz

Walker

Walsh

Wamp

Ward

Waters

Watts (OK)

Waxman

Weldon (FL)

Weller

White

Whitfield

Wicker

Williams

Wilson

Wise

Wolf

Woolsey

Wyden

Wynn

Yates

Young (AK)

Zeliff

Zimmer

NAYS—71

Barrett (NE)

Becerra

Brown (CA)

Brown (OH)

Bryant (TX)

Bunning

Chenoweth

Clyburn

Coburn

Collins (MI)

Condit

Conyers

Cooley

Danner

DeFazio

Dellums

Dingell

Doolittle

Duncan

Everett

Hall (TX)

Hancock

Hayes

Hefley

Hefner

Herger

Hilliard

Houghton

Jacobs

Jones

Kaptur

Lincoln

Lucas

Martinez

Miller (CA)

Minge

Mollohan

Montgomery

Myers

Neumann

Owens

Payne (NJ)

Pombo

Quillen

Rahall

Roberts

Roemer

Rogers

Rohrabacher

Roth

Royce

Sanders

Scarborough

Schaefer

Schroeder

Sensenbrenner

Shuster

Slaughter

Stark

Stearns

Stockman

Stump

Tanner

Taylor (MS)

Thompson

Thornton

Traficant

Velazquez

Volkmer

Watt (NC)

Young (FL)

NOT VOTING—10

Coleman

Fields (LA)

Gephardt

Hutchinson

Moakley

Ros-Lehtinen

Saxton

Torres

Tucker

Weldon (PA)

So the conference report was agreed

to.

T137.22 AMENDMENT IN DISAGREEMENT—

H.R. 1868

The House then proceeded to the consideration of the following amendment

of the Senate reported in disagreement

numbered 115:

Page 44, line 19, after ‘‘lizations’’ insert: :

Provided, That in determining eligibility for

assistance from funds appropriated to carry

out section 104 of the Foreign Assistance Act

of 1961, nongovernmental and multilateral

organizations shall not be subjected to requirements more restrictive than the requirements applicable to foreign governments for such assistance: Provided further,

That none of the funds made available under

this Act may be used to lobby for or against

abortion.

Mr. CALLAHAN, pursuant to House

Resolution 249, moved that the House

recede from its disagreement to the

amendment of the Senate numbered 115

and concur therein with an amendment, as follows:

In lieu of the matter proposed by said

amendment, insert:

: Provided, That none of the funds made

available under this Act may be used to

lobby for or against abortion.

PROHIBITION ON FUNDING FOR ABORTION

Sec. 518A. (a) IN GENERAL.—

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of

this Act or other law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act for population assistance activities may be made available for

any foreign private, nongovernmental, or

multilateral organization until the organization certifies that it will not during the period for which the funds are made available,

perform abortions in any foreign country,

except where the life of the mother would be

endangered if the fetus were carried to term

or in cases of forcible rape or incest.

(2) Paragraph (1) may not be construed to

apply to the treatment of injuries or illnesses caused by legal or illegal abortions or

to assistance provided directly to the government of a country.

(b) LOBBYING ACTIVITIES.—

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of

this Act or other law, none of the funds appropriated by this Act for population assistance activities may be made available for

any foreign private, nongovernmental, or

multilateral organization until the organization certifies that it will not during the period for which the funds are made available,

violate the laws of any foreign country concerning the circumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited.

(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of

this Act, paragraph (1) shall not apply to activities in opposition to coercive abortion or

involuntary sterilization.

(c) Subsections (a) and (b) apply to funds

made available for a foreign organization either directly or as a subcontractor or subgrantee, and the required certifications

apply to activities in which the organization

engages either directly or through a subcontractor or subgrantee.

(d) COERCIVE POPULATION CONTROL METHODS.—Notwithstanding any other provision

of this Act or other law, none of the funds

appropriated by this Act may be made available for the United Nations Population Fund

(UNFPA) unless the President certifies to

the appropriate congressional committees

that (1) the United Nations Population Fund

will terminate all family planning activities

in the People’s Republic of China no later

than March 1, 1996; or (2) during the 12

months preceding such certification, there

have been no abortions as the result of coercion associated with the family planning

policies of the national government or other

governmental entities within the People’s

Republic of China. As used in this section

the term ‘‘coercion’’ includes physical duress

or abuse, destruction or confiscation of property, loss of means of livelihood, or severe

psychological pressure.

On motion of Mr. CALLAHAN, by

unanimous consent,

Ordered, That debate on the motion

made in order by House Resolution 249

to dispose of the amendment of the

Senate numbered 115 be limited to 20

minutes, equally divided and con-